meanwhile a russian installed official says ukrainian forces have damaged two bridges linking the occupied region of kherson to crimea. pictures posted to telegram show huge holes in the chonhar bridge. to the us now, and former vice president mike pence says he won t rule out testifying against his former president if donald trump goes to trial on charges of undermining the results of the 2020 presidential election. here s mr pence speaking to cbs news. people can be confident we ll obey the law, we ll respond to the call of the law if it comes and we lljust tell the truth. president trump was wrong. he was wrong then, he s wrong now. i had no right to overturn the election. well, also on sunday, donald trump s attorney john lauro told cbs news that if called to testify, mr pence would actually be donald trump s best witness. the reason why vice president pence will be so important to the defence is the following.
after a deadline to reinstate the country s ousted president expired. west african regional body ecowas had given the country s junta a week to reverse its coup, which has seen mohamed bazoum placed under house arrest. the bloc threatened military intervention if the demands weren t met by sunday. but the deadline has now passed, so far, without action. but a short time ago, niger s junta warned the threat is still there. translation: the planning of this war has been carried out. | free deployment of forces to take part in this war has begun in two central african countries. niger s armed forces and all our defence and and security forces, backed by the unfailing support our people, are ready to defend the integrity of our territory and the honour of our homeland. well, france has suspended all development aid to niger s neighbour, burkina faso, after its military government said it would see any intervention against the coup leaders a declaration of war. thousands of people gather